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The Evolution of “High Five Kansas City” and Tweeting

Although there have only been two “aired” to date this season, the response that I’ve gotten to “High Five Kansas City” has been extraordinary. For those unaware, it is the in-game feature in which I randomly high five players and then we turn and “stare” into the camera.

The genesis of the feature was when Greg Schaum of The Royals Post Game Show on 610 Sports turned me on to a video on funnyordie.com. It was pretty random, but I found it pretty funny. We’re always looking for new ways to integrate players into our in-game features so we thought we’d give it a try.

We caught up with Alex Gordon in Spring Training and spent about 30 minutes going to different locations and high fiving. Alex was great and came up with a lot of what we did on his own. We held off shooting anymore for a bit because we wanted to see how the fans reacted. It was a pretty obvious hit. There is nothing like seeing thousands of fans high five each other after the feature runs so… thanks for doing your part too!

The players seem to really enjoy the feature as well. So much so that on an off day, #24 also known as Mark Teahen, flew back home to AZ and along with getting in some R&R managed to find time to film a “High Five” with his pooch ESPY, which was of course a highlight in his “High Five” montage.

Some of you have issued requests for which Royal you’d like to see next in “High Five Kansas City.” Here are a few updates:

DDJ – Probably not going to happen. One of the key components of HFKC is being able to look into the camera with a “serious” look on your face. When was the last time you saw DDJ WITHOUT a smile on his face for longer than two seconds?

Willie Boom Boom – I’m workin’ on it. He’s not opposed, just need to find the right time/place.

Rusty Kuntz – Um… Well, I’ll ask. Rusty seems like a good guy, and I’ve actually had more than a few requests about him. Why not?

If you missed HFKC or any other feature you might find entertaining, you should be able to view at least some of them here.

It should be noted that you can only see features that have already played at The K. At present we have two more segments that have yet to be shown, one with Mike Jacobs and another featuring multiple players, including Jose Guillen, Mike Aviles, Joakim Soria and others.

Although you never know exactly when these particular features are going to be shown, I usually give folks a heads up about it on Twitter. Speaking of Twitter, you can follow a few of your favorite boys in blue here too:

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